The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 252 Returning to the South China Base

After Lu Yuan finished explaining the whole story, the office fell silent. Gu Nanfeng and Ji Lang were fine, as they had seen the other Lu Yuan in person. But Jiang Xing seemed to have crashed. After all, it was already difficult for an eighty-year-old to accept a zombie apocalypse, let alone an interstellar era.

While waiting for Jiang Xing, Lu Yuan thought of the box containing the medicine that they had gone through so much trouble to get from Beijing.

"Is the medicine in that box the source of the virus?"

"Not exactly, but we were able to extract antibodies against the zombie virus." Gu Nanfeng briefly explained the drug. The drug had already been sent to the relevant research department at the Central China base, and a vaccine for the zombie virus should be developed soon, at least enough to ensure that no more humans would mutate into zombies.

"Unfortunately, the zombie virus is irreversible." Lu Yuan was relatively happy to hear about the progress of the vaccine, but he still felt a little sad when he thought about how others who had turned into zombies could not be restored.

Imagine how terrifying it is that a planet with nearly 10 billion people could be reduced to less than 100 million in just over 140 days.

"Cough cough..." Jiang Xing's cough interrupted Lu Yuan and the others' conversation. The old man glanced at the three young people in the office and continued, "The most important thing right now is that the extreme cold is coming."

Lu Yuan was somewhat surprised. Wasn't this already the period of extreme cold? It was already so cold outside; how cold would it get in the next extreme cold?

"The base has taken precautions in this regard, and relevant notices have been issued. Smaller bases can promptly seek refuge at the four major bases," Ji Lang reported on the work related to dealing with the extreme cold weather.

"Why is there still extreme cold?" Lu Yuan couldn't help but interject.

"This is actually just a speculation. After all, December is just around the corner. Under normal circumstances, the next few months will be the coldest months. The earth is already very cold now, but we can't observe the cause of this through satellites. We can only speculate that if the earth's rotation and revolution remain unchanged, then it will only get colder in the coming period." This was Gu Nanfeng's answer. Although Lu Yuan couldn't fully understand it, he could only nod.

"Wait, are you saying that the extreme cold we are experiencing now might not be due to something wrong with the solar system or Earth?" Lu Yuan nodded and then suddenly looked up at Gu Nanfeng.

"The connection channels for the weather satellites haven't been repaired yet, so we can't monitor the specific situation in space." Gu Nanfeng nodded. As a researcher, he actually disliked this feeling of guessing blindly.

“We can go see it directly.” As soon as Lu Yuan said this, Jiang Xing and Ji Lang were stunned.

"Your starship?" Gu Nanfeng immediately realized.

Lu Yuan didn't speak, he just nodded. Although he had already piloted the starship around Earth several times, to be honest, he himself had never tried to break out of the atmosphere.

"Let me think about it." Gu Nanfeng did not make a decision immediately. He knew that although they now had Lu Yuan's starship, Lu Yuan had never actually piloted it into space himself. There were many unpredictable dangers involved, and who would go with them also needed to be carefully considered.

"Regarding the 'Return to Earth' plan, I will synchronize it with the other bases later. You can continue working according to the original plan." Jiang Xing had received too much information in a short time, and his fatigue was obvious. The old man supported his head with one hand and kept rubbing his temples, trying to relieve the pain in his head.

Lu Yuan followed Gu Nanfeng and Ji Lang out of Jiang Xing's office. He actually really wanted Gu Nanfeng and the others to come with him on the starship and go to space to see why Earth had entered an extremely cold climate. However, Gu Nanfeng's concerns were valid, so he didn't rush to say anything and just silently followed them back to Gu Nanfeng's office at the research institute.

When Lu Yuan arrived at Gu Nanfeng's office, he found that all his friends had gathered there and were waiting for him. Yang Xiao would occasionally peek out from the door.

"Lu Xiaoyuan!" Upon seeing Lu Yuan following behind Ji Lang, Yang Xiao rushed over and gave him a bear hug.

"Yang Xiao!" Although they had only been separated for a few days, Lu Yuan could understand how worried they were about him leaving alone.

"It's good that you're back." Lin Yun patted his shoulder. Of all the people, he was the one who was most worried about Lu Yuan. Seeing that Lu Yuan was safe and sound, he finally felt relieved.

Looking around, everyone was there, except for Zhong Qiang, the young man who always clamored for him to bring hot pot whenever they got together. He had left them forever.

"Lu Yuan, look at this!" Lu Yuan was still feeling down when Wei Cheng and Li Minze walked up to him with an exoskeleton suit. This suit was very similar to the one Lu Yuan was wearing.

"This..." Lu Yuan didn't expect that these two people had actually developed an exoskeleton mecha.

"How about that, buddy? Pretty good, huh?" Wei Cheng smiled smugly.

"Although it's not as intelligent as yours, it should be close in terms of protection," Li Minze proudly introduced. "This is all thanks to the new materials provided by Brother Gu."

In the following days, Lu Yuan seemed to have returned to the time when he first arrived at the South China base. Every day, he worked with Wei Cheng and Li Minze to debug the mechs they had made. With the help of the starship system, which had been upgraded to a first-level system, he began to develop a common adaptation system for the mechs.

With Pei Sihao's assistance, Gu Nanfeng began working on a plan to enter space. They urgently needed to know the cause of Earth's extreme cold climate.

Ji Lang, Yang Xiao, Liu Jia, and Wang Sanhai continued their routine base security patrols as per the base's normal work schedule.

Everything seemed to have entered a stable period. Research on the zombie vaccine had been progressing steadily, and bases of all sizes, both domestically and internationally, were waiting for good news about the successful development of the vaccine.

When Jiang Xing learned about the "Return to Earth" plan from Lu Yuan, something suddenly popped into his mind...